Sequela

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sequela \Se*que"la\, n.; pl. {Sequelae}. [L., a follower, a
     result, from sequit to follow.]
     One who, or that which, follows. Specifically:
     (a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. "Coleridge
         and his sequela." --G. P. Marsh.
     (b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning;


         inference; conclusion; suggestion.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               Sequelae, or thoughts suggested by the preceding
               aphorisms.                           --Coleridge.
         [1913 Webster]
     (c) (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a
         disease; a disease resulting from another.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sequela
       n : any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or
           injury or treatment; "paralysis is one of the sequelae of
           poliomyelitis"
       [also: {sequelae} (pl)]